Meanings
- pluralplural of menorah
It was much larger than the niche or aediculae, and, therefore, could house the Ark and probably the menoroth which were also needed in the ceremony.
1985?: Nicola N. Hubbard, Holocene Settlement in the Western Cape, South Africa, № 498, page 347 (BAR International Series)2 more examples
Representations of five-branched menoroth are uncommon in such reliefs, although they are found on mosaic floors, lamps, etc.²⁶ […] human heads (Pl. 62: C), probably decorative inlays for wooden boxes; a glass bracelet ornamented with menoroth; a mirror frame made of soft limestone and carved with two pillars supporting a gable; and an incense burner […]
1974: Israel Miśrad ha-ḥinukh ṿeha-tarbut, the Department of Antiquities and Museums, Ḥevrah la-ḥaḳirat Erets-Yiśraʾel ṿe-ʻatiḳoteha, and Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim Makhon le-arkheʾologyah, Israel Exploration Journal, volumes 24–25 (1974–1975), pages 195 & 284 (Israel Exploration Society)Three plaques are decorated with menoroth (IS15.1-3; Figure II-35; Pls. II-65-66). On one plaque, two menoroth flank a Torah shrine; one has the menorah carved under the façade of a structure; on another a menorah is flanked by birds and architectural designs.
2001, Rachel Hachlili, The Menorah, the Ancient Seven-armed Candelabrum: Origin, Form, and Significance, BRILL, →ISBN, page 104, →ISBN
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